This manual examines environment and energy development projects, policies and decision-making processes from a gender perspective. It was written for UNDP staff working with national counterparts in governments and non-government organisations, but it can also be used by other development practitioners working in the field of environment and energy.
Gender mainstreaming refers to “the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels. It is a strategy for making women’s as well as men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all political, economic and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated. The ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality.”